Thursday, January 24, 2019

Light of Day - Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park NJ, 1/19/2019

  The 19th annual Light of Day festival arrived in Asbury Park the week of January 13th. There were concerts at multiple venues with probably hundreds of performers throughout the week.
   The main show is Bob's Birthday Bash which takes place at The Paramount Theatre on the boardwalk.
   This years show included many of the performers who are mainstays at the Light of Day shows and wind performing multiple times during the week.
    I did not go last year, but compared to previous years, this years show ran very smoothly and did not include acoustic performances between the main sets until later in the show.
    Joe Grushecky's band The Houserockers were not able to make it due to bad weather, so he performed with a fill in band dubbed The Asbury Orchestra. The band included the lead guitarist from the Houserockers, Johnny Grushecky, Marc Ribler on guitar, Kenny Aaronson on bass, Danny Clinch on harmonica, the drummer from The Plasmatics and two keyboard players.
    I will include the setlist below, with any titles I am unsure of with a question mark.





        Joe D'Urso & Stone Caravan


            Come Down Tonight (Asbury Park)
            Just Once
            Rockin' In The Free World (Neil Young cover) w/Peter Elkas, Rob Dye, Vini Lopez, Miss Emily
            Let It Go
            Noisy Guitars / I Wanna Be Sedated (Ramones cover)



       James Maddock Band


             Calling My People w/Williams Honor
             Chance
             Discover Me
             Rag Doll w/Williams Honor
             Beautiful Now


       Steve Forbert & The Renditions


             Thinkin'
             Going Down To Laurel
             Good Planets Are Hard To Find
             Let's Get High
             What Kind of Guy Am I
             Romeo's Tune


       Low Cut Connie


             Back In School
             Boozophilia
             All This Time?
            Sayin' It?
            Shake It Little Tina
            Oh Suzanne
             Rio


        Williams Honor
       
             I Can't Wait To Be Ashamed


         John Eddie and His Dirty Ole' Band


             Same Old Brand New Me
             Happy (Rolling Stones cover) / Getting Kind of Old
             Fall For It Every Time
             Free
             Low Life


        Dean Friedman
 
             Ariel
             You're Gonna Be O.K.?



         Jesse Malin


             She Don't Love Me Now
             Death Star
             Wendy
             Meet Me At The End Of The World
             You Know It's Dark When Atheists Start To Pray
             Sally Can't Dance (Lou Reed cover) w/Danny Clinch


         Ben Arnold


             We All Depend On Love
             January's Gone?


         Joe Grushecky and The Asbury Orchestra


             Miss You (Rolling Stones cover)
             That's What Makes Us Great
             Gimme Shelter (Rolling Stones cover) w/Reagan Richards from Williams Honor
             Like a Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan cover) w/Jesse Malin, Joe D'Urso, Steve Forbert, James Maddock, John Eddie and Adam Weiner of Low Cut Connie



          Anthony D'Amato and Danny Clinch


          Joe D'Urso & Vini Lopez


              Hold On

       
          Willie Nile

               Forever Wild
               This Is Our Time
               Hell Yeah
               Heaven Help The Lonely
               Children of Paradise
               One Guitar

          Finale

                Light of Day (Bruce Springsteen cover)

     
           
         




Joe D'Urso & Stone Caravan w/Vini Lopez, Rob Dye, Miss Emily & Peter Elkas
 
 
James Maddock Band w/Williams Honor

James Maddock Band  w/Williams Honor

Steve Forbert & The Renditions


Low But Connie



Williams Honor

John Eddie & His Dirty Ole' Band


Jesse Malin

Joe Grushecky & The Asbury Orchestra

Joe Grushecky w/Jesse Malin, John Eddie, James Maddock, Joe D'Urso, Steve Forbert & Adam Weiner of Low Cut Connie

Wille Nile

Finale

Tuesday, January 15, 2019


Rest in Peace

Tuesday, January 1, 2019